There's been a murder. An eyewitness has come forward, and the killer has confessed. But there's a problem. The two are conjoined twins, literally joined at the hip since birth. For the police, keeping the murderer in custody means locking up his innocent brother along with the him-an untenable situation. The frustrating legal system wrestles with how to prosecute a murderer who is apparently immune from punishment, as any attempt to exact justice...

Thad, a college professor who moonlights as a writer of pop thrillers under the pseudonym George Stark, finally writes a serious novel, and decides to stop writing shockers. But George Stark has come to life and doesn't want to die. Thad is forced to battle his own creation for the control of the mind which both must share.

A portrait of nineteenth-century conjoined twins Chang and Eng Bunker describes their rise from savvy side-show celebrities to wealthy Southern gentry and discusses how their experiences reflected America's historical penchant for objectifying differences. "With wry humor, Shakespearean profundity, and trenchant insight, Yunte Huang brings to life the story of America's most famous nineteenth-century Siamese twins. Nearly a decade after his triumphant...